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Police drop backdated pay case Police drop backdated pay case
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The police have abandoned a court battle against the government to backdate a pay award for officers to last September.The police have abandoned a court battle against the government to backdate a pay award for officers to last September.
The Police Federation lost a claim the Home Secretary acted unlawfully when she refused to pay their 2.5% award.The Police Federation lost a claim the Home Secretary acted unlawfully when she refused to pay their 2.5% award.
Jacqui Smith did not backdate the rise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to September 2007 - which effectively reduced its worth to 1.9%.Jacqui Smith did not backdate the rise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to September 2007 - which effectively reduced its worth to 1.9%.
The Police Federation has said it will not appeal the High Court ruling. The Police Federation says it will not appeal against the High Court ruling.
The federation said it will write to all MPs to ask for support for binding arbitration on pay awards. The federation said it would write to all MPs to ask for their support in ensuring that decisions on pay made by the independent Police Arbitration Tribunal be made binding in future.
A spokesman said if that is not implemented in the next pay round, the federation will lobby for the right to take strike action. The ball is in the government's court. Police Federation
He said the federation had taken legal advice that it would be fighting a "losing battle" if it tried to appeal the High Court decision. If that was not implemented by the next pay round, the federation would lobby for the right to take strike action, a spokesman said.
The spokesman added: "The ball is in the government's court". He said the federation had taken legal advice that it would be fighting a "losing battle" if it tried to appeal against the High Court decision.
The spokesman added: "The ball is in the government's court."
Police do not have the right to go on strike over pay but have their pay disputes referred to arbitration. The results of the arbitration are binding on police officers but not on the government.
Police Federation chief Jan Berry has said her members feel "betrayed" by Ms Smith's decision to implement the 2.5% rise recommended by the arbitration tribunal last year but not to backdate it.
The government said the decision not to backdate the pay deal met its inflation target.
In January, more than 20,000 police officers marched on Westminster in protest at the decision.
Since then, 60,500 Police Federation members have voted in favour of lobbying for the right to go on strike.